The Relationship between Poverty & Mass Incarceration

lead to a disproportionate impact for people of color. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with 730 prisoners for every 100,000 citizens, for a current total of more than 2.2 million prisoners.iii More than 60 percent of those in prison come from African American and Latino communities.iv ix

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